What Happened on my Birthday May 1

Today is May 1, the 121st day. There are 244 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder "what happened on my birthday May 1?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 1", "what historical event took place on the day I was born, May 1?", or "what special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings and famous birthdays
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May 1 Events

Today is May Day

MayDay is a distress call. The call is always given three times in a row ("Mayday Mayday Mayday" It's from French venez m'aider, meaning 'come help me'. It is the equivalent of SOS or 999

What Happened on my Birthday May 1 in US

1884, construction began on the first skyscraper, a 10-story structure in Chicago built by the Home Insurance Co. of New York.
1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened to the public in Chicago.
1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
1909, Walter Reed General Hospital (later a part of Walter Reed Army Medical Center) in Washington, D.C., admitted its first patients.
1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated.
1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
1963, James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and a Sherpa guide reached the summit.
1978, Ernest Morial was inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans.
1982, the 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, Tenn.

1999 Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic agreed to hand over three captured U.S. soldiers to the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

What Happened on my Birthday May 1 in UK and Other History

1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.
1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.
2008 Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler, died in Altenahr, Germany, at age 90.

Famous Birthdays

1925 Scott Carpenter, Astronaut

1945 Rita Coolidge, Singer
1946 Joanna Lumley, British Actress
1952 Antony Worrall Thompson, British Celebrity Chef
1960 Steve Cauthen, Jockey

Birthday Poems for people born on May 1

It's Rita Coolidge's birthday
A person who's gone far
Coincidentally, it's your birthday
My own Superstar


You just lurve to cook
That's a talent you've got
You share a birthday with Antony Worrell Thompson
So that explains a lot

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What Happened on my Birthday May 1

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